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packsaddle

American  
[pak-sad-l] / ˈpækˌsæd l /

noun

  1. a saddle specifically designed for holding or supporting the load on a pack animal.


packsaddle British  
/ ˈpækˌsædəl /

noun

  1. a saddle hung with packs, equipment, etc, used on a pack animal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of packsaddle

First recorded in 1350–1400, packsaddle is from Middle English pakke saddil. See pack 1, saddle

Example Sentences

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Wrapped like a package, the bundle is tied with manty rope and lashed to each side of a Decker-style packsaddle.

From Washington Times Aug. 19, 2017

In their knowledge of Indian character, of horse and packsaddle lore, of the forest and its trails in every season, these men of the Cowpens were the kings of the old frontier.

From The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway by Hulbert, Archer Butler

On this day's march we passed the spot where I had put the horse's packsaddle in the sandal-wood-tree, and where my first horse had given in.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest

Jones had brought a packsaddle and two panniers.

From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane

The more civilised make up of canvass or "gunny bags" stuffed with hay and provided with cross bars, a rude packsaddle, which is admirably calculated to gall the animal's back.

From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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